Former Chad Prime Minister Arrested Over Alleged Links to Deadly Clash.
In a development that has sent shockwaves through the Central African nation of Chad, authorities have detained the former Prime Minister, Mahamat Idriss Déby, over alleged involvement in a deadly…
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South Africa lets 153 Palestinians disembark following 12-hour plane ordeal
South Africa has allowed more than 150 Palestinian airline passengers to disembark, after they were kept on a plane for almost 12 hours by the country’s border police, authorities said.…
Ivory Coast boosts border defence due to ‘unusual flow’ of Malian refugees
Ivory Coast has reinforced its border security after the arrival of “several unusual flows of refugees” from neighbouring Mali, officials in the West African country have said. Ivory Coast’s National…
Rights groups decry Tunisia’s ‘injustice’, crackdown on activists
International NGOs Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have decried a sharp decline in civil liberties and a pervading “injustice” in Tunisia since President Kais Saied came to power in…
G20 innovation platform opens new opportunities
Johannesburg 13 November 2025 When a young coder in Mthatha can work on the same project as a climate scientist in São Paulo or a health researcher in Pretoria, something powerful…
Maxwell Gomera: It is time to give Africans a stake in African growth
When e-commerce company Jumia wanted to go public in 2019, Africa’s most celebrated start-up didn’t list in Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali or Johannesburg. It went to New York instead. That tells you…
Former British soldier contests extradition over alleged Kenya murder
A former British soldier wanted by Kenyan authorities has appeared in a London court after being arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a woman near a UK army…
Audio: The Take: Why al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch is blocking fuel to Mali
A long siege by al-Qaeda-linked fighters has left Bamako low on fuel, food and power. Life has stalled, and fear is growing across Mali. The crisis now tests a military…
Tanzania frees opposition leaders following deadly election protests
Police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders detained following the deadly protests that followed last month’s disputed elections, according to the main opposition party, Chadema. Four senior Chadema officials arrested last…
Trump says US to boycott South Africa G20 summit over white ‘genocide’
President Donald Trump has said no United States officials will attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of white farmers. Writing on…
Ukraine says over 1,400 Africans recruited to fight for Russia in war
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that more than 1,400 people from 36 African nations are known to be fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, urging governments…
COP30 climate summit hears from countries suffering global warming harms
Leaders from countries suffering some of the most catastrophic effects of the global climate crisis, from hurricanes, floods and more, have urged the United Nations climate conference in Brazil, COP30,…
Sudan’s fertile region where food is rotting amid famine and war
There is a place in Sudan where it is almost possible to forget that a devastating civil war is going on. Wrapped in bright colours and wearing plastic sandals, women…
ICC confirms war crimes charges against Uganda’s rebel leader Joseph Kony
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, nearly two decades after the court first issued a…
Born to provide refuge from US racism, Liberia must not help enforce it now
When Liberia announced late last month that it would temporarily host Salvadoran national Kilmar Armando Abrego García on “humanitarian grounds” if he were deported by the Trump administration for a…
‘I made my money selling camels and gold’, Hemedti. The warlord controlling half of Sudan
Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, known as "Hemedti", has emerged as a dominant figure on Sudan's political stage, with his paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) now controlling half of the country. The…
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